Boot and shoe



(No Model.)

J. H. PARKER.

BOOT AND SHOE.' No.4284,9'77. Patented Sept. 11, 1883.

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UNITED STATES `PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. PARKER, oF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

Y 4BOOT AND SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Np. 284,977, dated september 11, 183?.

Application filed June 1P, 1883. (No model.)

I0 all whom it iitay concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN II. PARKER, of Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in boots and shoes `in which the uppers are made of rubber and the soles are of leather.

The main object of my invention is to strengthen the marginal portions of the upper through which the fastenings pass that secure the sole, my object, generally, being to make a better and more desirable boot or shoe of this class than any heretofore made.

My invention consists in the combination, with the marginal portions of rubber uppers,

'of strips of material arranged to resist the strain, prevent stretching, and afford a durable holding for the fastenings, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a cross-section through the upper near the shank. Fig. 2 is a similar section, with the re-enforce pieces and rubber separated. Fig.

. 3 is a similar section through the finished shoe, and Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the manner of cutting the re-enforced strips from the cloth.

Heretofore the rubber upper in boots and shoes of this class has been turned over and secured to the leather sole, or between the inner and outer leather soles, without any means being provided to prevent its stretching, so that in a short time it would either tear out or else leave openings through which the water would enter. In my improved article the rubber upper, where it is secured to the leather sole,

is effectual] y prevented from lnoving by the following devices:

The upper A, besides the usual lining, a, has a strip, a', cemented along its edge. This strip is cut bias, as shown in Fig. 4, so that it may be more perfectly fitted to the form on which the upper is vulcanized. This edge is then folded in and secured in position by a canvas piece, a2, which' also aids in preventing undue yielding sidewise. In addition to these, a strong canvas strip, a3, coated with rubber is cemented onto the outside, and greatvly aids in providing a good unyielding holdingplace for the fasteningsl An inner sole, B. and an outer sole, C, both of leather, the latter preferably having a rubber cement first applied on its inner side, where the fastenings pass through, may be attached in any wellknown way; but/ the Way I prefer, and the best way, is to fasten them by means of the metallic fastening known as the clinching- Vitnesses:

L. NV. M LLER, J oHN R. Snow. 

